... church, reduce the influence it had and then finally replace it. After replacing the church with his own Hitler hoped that German Christians would help organise the new State Church. He also wanted all pastors to take an oath of loyalty to Himself and the State. Protestants and Catholics were dealt with by the Nazi's in different ways. The Protestant Church was a collection of a number of churches - Hitler found them easier to deal with. The Protestants themselves were split. The "German Christians" were lead by Ludwig Muller who believed that any member of the church who had Jewish ancestry should be sacked from the church. Muller supported Hitler and in 1933 he was given the title of "Reich Bishop". The process of Gleichschaltung was put into effect with the German Christians. A new Church constitution was formulated in 1933 with Ludwig Muller. This however alienated many protestant ...

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